RTD Union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1001, terms Denver's Union Station a "lawless hellhole"

Safety

The union cited violent crime and drug activity, specifically marijuana smoke, as the problem.

Waiting for the A Train

Aerodrome: Denver Airport A Train Station

Aerodrome:  Denver Airport A Train Station.

Scenes from the A Train

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Trail. Abstract murals

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Trail. Abstract murals

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. Is it art, or graffiti?

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. Is it art, or graffiti?

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. "Love this City".

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. "Love this City".: Mural on business along Denver's A Train.

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. Murals

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. Murals: Some sort of decorated building in Denver, as photographed from the moving A Train.

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. Sugar Warehouse, Denver ...

Painted Bricks: Scenes from the A Train. Sugar Warehouse, Denver ...: Old sugar warehouse as taken from a moving train, the Denver RTD A Line.

Union Station, Denver Colorado

Union Station as viewed from in front of Denver's Oxford Hotel.

 

This is Denver's Union Station.  This large railroad station was built in 1914 and was called Union Station as a predecessor station connected  the Union Pacific, the Denver & Rio Grande Western, the Denver, South Park & Pacific, and the Colorado Central.  This 1914 terminal connected the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific, the Colorado & Southern, the Union Pacific, and the Denver & Rio Grande Western.  The new 1914 station incorporated part of the previous 1881 depot.  Today the station serves Amtrak and Denver's local RTD area commuter rail.

Construction is ongoing at the terminal as RTD is expanding and a substantial hotel is being added to the terminal.

I recently was in downtown Denver and had the opportunity to take some additional photographs of the now rebuilt station.  It's pretty impressive.

 

Quite impressive and very well done.

Denver RTD University of Colorado A Line

 Escalator at the Denver International Airport to the terminal.

 Union Station, downtown Denver.

The Denver RTD University of Colorado A Line has started operating, and provides passenger service from the airport to downtown Denver.  The tickets cost only $9.00 and the run last 35 minutes, even though it makes several stops in route.  It is, simply, great.